Tag: coach
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Borseth goes for No. 600
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Sitting on 599 career coaching wins, head coach Kevin Borseth will go for win No. 600 in his illustrious career, as the Green Bay women’s basketball team hosts Valparaiso on Thursday night (Feb. 19) at the Kress Center for a 7 p.m. tip time. Borseth currently ranks 29th among active head coaches in career victories…
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Hubie Brown shoutout to Dick Bennett
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There was a nice reference to UW-Green Bay and its most famous former men’s basketball coach and player on an ESPN 2 broadcast of an NBA game last week. Analyst and former coach Hubie Brown, following a promotional plug for his network’s broadcast of the big Duke-Virginia college game, added, “I’m very happy to see…
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Wardle talks about Phoenix-Badgers series
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The UW-Green Bay men’s basketball team will play at Wisconsin on Nov. 19, but the future of the series remains in doubt. In a newspaper interview, Coach Brian Wardle talks about the series that has seen the schools meet each year since 1999. “I understand being at Green Bay a long time now the importance…
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Softball adds assistant coach
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New head coach Beth Spoehr has tabbed Whitney Tornow as her assistant coach to help lead the Green Bay Phoenix softball program. In her playing days at UW-Oshkosh, Tornow was twice named NCAA Division III All-American (2009, 2010). The Neenah native also coached at UWO. For more.
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UW-Green Bay well represented at SNC’s Sport and Society conference
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Women’s basketball coach Kevin Borseth, a slew of former Phoenix athletes and others with ties to UW-Green Bay represented the University well during St. Norbert College’s Sport and Society Conference, which wrapped up Wednesday (May 21) in De Pere. The theme for the conference was “Women in Sports,” and a Wednesday panel titled “Women Athletes:…
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Twitter pics of Wednesday’s guest WFRV sportscaster
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We heard Green Bay men’s basketball coach Brian Wardle did a fine job Wednesday night as “guest celebrity sportscaster” for WFRV-TV 5. There’s a pic here and here.
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Softball coach Rivett announces retirement
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After 13 seasons at the helm of the Phoenix softball program, head coach Jean Rivett announced her retirement after the Phoenix was eliminated from the NCAA Tournament on Saturday. “I want to thank Jean for all she has done for Green Bay softball and for our department and our institution,” Athletics Director Mary Ellen Gillespie…
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Chancellor’s Award, citation honor Kline
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Chancellor Thomas K. Harden honored four individuals by presenting them with UW-Green Bay’s highest community honor, the Chancellor’s Award, at May 2014 commencement. Those honored were Mike Kline, Janet and Charlie Lieb, and Larry L. Weyers. In reading the citation for Kline, Harden read: “In the 25 years since he graduated from this institution, whether…
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Fellow Horizon school hires football’s Tressel as president
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Youngstown State University’s appointment of Jim Tressel as president has garnered national attention. The 61-year-old Ohio native, who won a national championship as football coach at Ohio State before leaving under a cloud, also coached Youngstown’s football team to four NCAA Division I-AA championships in the 1990s. He was the athletics director two decades at…
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New hire finds Waldo on bench for Phoenix volleyball
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First-year Green Bay volleyball head coach Sean Burdette has announced the hiring of Jeannette Waldo as the program’s assistant coach and recruiting coordinator. Waldo spent the last two seasons as an assistant at Belmont University. She spent time with the University of Minnesota and Benedictine College before joining the Bruins. A native of Topeka, she…